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Party Inaugurates
Student Officers
On the evening of March 18, the
first inaugural party in the history
of the school was held in the gym-nasium
for the purpose of formally
introducing into off!,„0, the newly
elected officers. The first part of
the program was in the nature of
a pageant depicitinte, the life at
Augustana during the past year.
Special lighting effects and cos-tumes
made it an a..• Astic as well
as enjoyable entertainment. Mel-vin
Nelsen, Yankton, acted as
chronicler, and, as the various
scenes were portrayet, read a de-scription
of the events of the year.
About a hundred students took
vart. The events and activities
shown were: The 1928 Edda, the
college quartet, track team, campus
day, graduation, the class fight.
Augustana Day at Lake Madison,
registration, the making of the new
athletic field, Homecoming Day, the
Mirror, the Hallowe'en party, the
Augustana Symphony Orchestra, the
Christmas party, the New Year,
semester examinations, debate, or-atory,
basketball, and the Lutheran
Student's Union Convention at
Augustana Academy, -Canton.
After the pageant, E. Fred Kol-ler,
Sioux Falls, the retiring presi-dent
of the student body, gave his
farewell address. Then he admin-istered
the oath of office to Melvin
Nelsen, Yankton, the new. presi-dent,
and turned the gavel over to
him, Mr, Nelsen gave his inaugural
address following which the new
executive board was admitted into
office.
The college quartette then favor-ed
with several selections. The
members of the quartette are
Wayne Silcox, Sher+urne, Minne-sota;
Prof. Clifford 3. Olson; Ken-neth
Johnson, Brandon; and Rich-ard
Hanson, Freeman.
A family album in which various
unique characters we. e found was
given. Then the ent •e group was
divider! into. friar 1'A.yosent-ing
the four major colleges of our
church, Augustana, Concordia, Lu-ther,
and St. Olaf. Representatives
from these groups competed in var-ious
contests, which were made in-teresting
by the spirited cheering
on the part of the onlookers.
The committees were headed by
the members of the retiring execu-tive
board. Fred Holler, Sioux
Falls, was head of the program
committee. Under him were Wayne
Silcox, Sherburne, Minnesota; Eilef
Saetveit, Friendship, Wisconsin;
Melvin Nelsen, Yankton; and Nina
Hofmeister, Chancellor.
Carl Hanson, Lily, was the head
of the entertainment committee.
The other members were George
Risty, Sioux Falls; Raymond Knut-son,
Inwood, Iowa; Gladys Brende,
Sioux Falls; and Inez Lindland,
Clark.
The refreshment committee was
composed of Beatrice Rasmussen,
Platte, as chairman; Irene Norby,
Wannamingo, Minnesota; Ella Ve-yang,
Roslyn; Harold Johnson, Gar-vin,
Minnesota; and Judine Slet-vold,
Canton.
Debaters Compete
In Three Contests
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THE AUGUSTANA MIRROR Vol.` Sioux Falls, S. D., March 28, 1929.
EDDA OF 1929 DISTRIBUTED AMID IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY * * *
Plans Completed, Choir LeaDes March 31, On Annual Spring Tour
Concerts Given
In Three States
Local Sailor Thrills Crowd In
Swift Button-Sewing Contest
As this issue of the Mirror is
distributed, a new student publica-tion
Is being offered to the stu-uenCs.
r'or the first time in its
history, Augustana College is to
have a student directory. The book
has been published by the journal-ism
class, with G. Herman Gilbert-son,
Sioux Falls, as editor-in-chief.
It is an attractive book and con-tains
a great deal of valuable and
accurate information. The names
of the• students, faculty, and board
of directors are arranged alpha-betically.
Among the special fea-tures
are the addresses and tele-phone
numbers of the above men-tioned
and the officers of all the
organizations on the campus.
It is hoped that the directory will
be issued annually. The growth of
the school during the last few years
has warranted it, and it is thought
that after this first issue, the reali-zation
of its necessity will assure
its permanent publication.
Besides Mr. Gilbertson as editor-in-
chief, the staff includes Sarah
Monserud, Sioux Falls, and Alan
Bliss, Sioux Falls, as supervising
editors. The composing editors
were Muriel McFarland, Harris,
Iowa; Gloria Monserud, Sioux Falls;
and Carol Crossman, Sioux Falls.
The members of the business staff,
who solicited the advertising, were
Herman Gilbertson; Howard Selvig,
Elmore, Minnesota; Fred Draper,
Sioux Falls; Clifford Halverson,
Astoria; and Walter Simmons,
Sioux Falls.
Dr. Fonkalsrud Speaks
To Journalism Class
Journalism Class
Issues Directory
Local Journalists Organize
Chapter Of Iota Chi Sigma
A signal honor has been conferred and Oscar Hanson, Astoria, treas-upon
the journalism department of urer. According to the constitution,
Augustana College with the granting candidates for admittance into the
of a charter authorizing the forma- fraternity become elikolle for initia-tion
of a local chapter of Iota Chi tion by securing a suiicient number
Sigma, national honorary journalis- of points through ,.heir work in
tic fraterniity. Augustana is the journalism, and must be voted in by
first college in South Dakota to be the unanimous vote of acting mem-invited
to join the organization and bers. Honorary keys bearing vari-consequently
the local chapter will ous jewels denoting special positions
be officially known as the South on the Mirror staff may be secured
Dakota Alpha Chapter of Iota Chi by members who have held these
The Edda of 1929 is in your
Sigma. Among the other members positions. hands at last! The festivities of are such colleges at St. Olaf College, today mark the culmination of The Iota Chi Sigma is similar in weary months of labor on the part
Northfield, Minnesota; Gustavus Ad- organization to the Pi Kappa Delta, of the editorial and business staffs olplins, St. Peter, Minnesota; and honorary forensic fraternity. Five of the book and of eager anticipa-
Macalester College, St. Paul, Min- degrees of membership are granted. tion on the part of students, faculty
nesota. Highest honors are given for service members, and friends of the school.
With the drafting of a local con- sa editor-in-chief or business man- In this beautiful book, the Edda of
stitution to supplement that of the ager of a college newspaper. A 1928, which won national acclaim
national organization, and with the limited number of honorary members for its high standard of makeup
election of officers, all arrangements may be admitted each year by the and literary value, has found a
for the local chapter have been corn- local chapter. worthy successor.
pleted. The following have been in- The invitation to join such an or- Has Noble Dedication.
stalled as officers: Fred Koller, ganization as the Iota Chi Sigma The second annual of Augustana
Sioux Falls, president; Sarah Monse- comes as a result of the develop- to boar the name of Edda, this
rud, Sioux Falls, vice-president; ment in journalism at Augustana artistic piece of workmanship, has
Ralph Aanestad, Sherman, secretary; during the last few years. been consecrated in the following
dedication to "the spirit of Christian-ity
which inspired the pioneers of View From Scenic Section of the prairie to sacrifice from their
meagre all, in order that the gen-
1929 Edda Showing "Ad" Building g erations to come might be led into the real life."
Beautifully bound in a cover of
elephant and crocodile grain, it is
a literary achievement containing
over two hundred pages, making it.
the largest annual ever published
at Augustana. The perfection of
every section has been the result
of hours of conscientious effort.
A beautiful section on pebbled pa-per
reproduces for the reader in the
first few pages of the book sig-nificant
scenes about the campus
and the city. The many new fea-tures
marking a distinct innovation
in the .making of a college annual
include the individual athletic pic-tures,
the action pictures in the
athletic and forensic sections, and
the novel cartoons to be found in
the feature section.
Is Sion: Fatils Product
The yearbook is distinctly a Sioux
Falls product. The superior me-chanical
workmanship is to the
credit of Hanson Studio, the South
Dakota Engravers, and the Will A.
Beach Printing Company.
The Program of the Day.
The faculty has responded to the
enthusiasm of the student body by
granting an Edda Day holiday in
order to allow for an extensive pro-gram
celebrating the distribution of
the Eddas. With music by the
band under the direction of Eilef
Saetveit, Friendship, Wisconsin, and
by a quartet composed of Prof.
Clifford Olson; Kenneth Johnson,
Brandon ; Wayne Silcox, Sherburne,
Minnesota; and Richard Hanson,
Freeman; the program includes talks
by such noted speakers as W. I.
Early, president of North Central
Association; Christenson, of the
firm of Christenson and Dempster
Book Store; Ben B. Lawshe, sec-retary
of the Chamber of Com-merce;
E. Sherwood Miller, of the
Associated Retailers; B. C. Dow, of
the Argus-Leader; A. M. Graff,
chairman of the Board of Directors
of Augustana; Rev. Bergsaker, presi-dent
of the South Dakota district
of Norwegian Lutheran Church of
America; C. 0. Schmit, of the
South Dakota Engravers; W. Her-bert
Roberts, of the Will A. Beach
Printing Company; and Rev. H. J.
Glenn, acting president of Augus-tana.
In addition to these talks
are short addresses by the faculty
advisers of the yearbook, Miss Bor-ghild
M. Dahl, head of the English
Department; Prof. G. H. Gilbertson,
Business Manager of Augustana;
and Mrs. Julia Reardon-Fitzgibbon,
head of the Art Department. Clif-ford
Halvorsen, Business Manager
(Continued on page 4)
University Women
Addressed By Glenn
President H. J. Glenn was the
principal speaker at the meeting of
the Sioux Falls branch of the Am-erican
Association of University
Women held on March 9. The pro-gram
was in charge of the Interna-tional
Relations Round Table. Rev.
Glenn's talk centered around the
changing viewpoint of society in
modern philosophy. In doing this,
he contrasted the theory of the sur-vival
of the most efficient as set
forth by Darwin with the modern
philosophy of society presented by
Benjamin Kidd in his book,
"Science of Power." He showed
how the theories of Darwin are
biological and pagan, whereas the
recent ones are more sympathetic
and uphold the ideals of our Chris-tian
civilization as evidenced by the
relationship now existing between
civilized nations.
Solheim Speaks To
Pre-Seminary Club
Program of Unusual Merit
Includes Composition
By Dr. Youngdahl
The A Capella Choir leaves on
its spring tour on Sunday, March
31st. They expect to be gone until
the middle of April. Dr. Youngdahl
estimates that approximately one
thousand miles will be covered on
this tour. Forty nine choir mem-bers
will make this trip. The pro-gram
includes the number "Wake,
Awake" arranged by Carl R. Young-dahl,
director of the Choir, and
dedicated to the Choir. The com-plete
program is as follows:
"Jesus, Priceless Treasure"
J. S. Bach (1685)
Motet for five parts
a. Choral, "Jesus, Priceless Treas-ure."
b. "So There Is Now No Con-demnation."
c. Choral, "In Thine Arm I Rest
Me."
d. "Ye Are Not of the Flesh."
e. Choral, "Hence, All Fears and
Sadness."
Presentation of Christ in the
Temple" J. Eccard (1553)
Motet for six parts.
"Hear Us Lord"—Song Cycle___
A Soderman
• a. "Hear Us, Lord."
b. "He Is Blessed."
c. "Hosanna in the Highest."
Intermission
iQ Negro Spirituals—
a. "Were You There"
H. T. Burleigh
b. "Nobody Knows De Trouble
I've Seen" H. T. Burleigh
c. "Let Us Cheer the Weary
Traveler" R. N. Dett
d. "Steal Away to Jesus"____
H. T. Burleigh
"Wake, Awake"_,Ca.r1 R. Youngdahl
Intermission
:∎1.y
G. B. Nevin
"Go and Let My Grave Be Made"
F. M. Christianson
"Praise to the Lord"
F. M. Christianson
Sixteen towns are to be visited
on this extensive tour, including
places in Iowa, Minnesota, and
South Dakota. The complete tour
is as follows:
Dell Rapids, S. D March 31
Flandreau, S. D. April 1
Jackson, Minn. April 2
Blue Earth, Minn. April 3
Albert Lea, Minn. April 4
Lanesboro, Minn. April 5
Ridgeway, Iowa April 7
Decorah, Iowa April 7
Waukon, Iowa April 8
Osage, Iowa April 9
Northwood, Iowa April 10
Lake Mills, Iowa April 11
Forest City, Iowa April 12
Eagle Grove, Iowa April 13
Fort Dodge, Iowa April 14
Le Mars, Iowa April 15
Choir Buys Busses
To Be Used On Tours
The A Capella Choir of August-ana
College has purchased four
busses in which to make their tours
this spring and summer. These
busses were formerly the property
of Thompson's Band of Madison,
South Dakota.
The busses were planned and
built by Professor Arthur. R.
Thompson with the aid of a few
of his band members. They are
so constructed that they also serve
as sleeping quarters. One bus is
fitted out as a kitchen, with com-plete
equipment. The other three
will be used entirely for transpor-tation
purposes. Each bus will ac-comodate
twenty people and there
will be ample room for forty to
-4- sleep in the busses at night.
The entire plan is very novel and
unique. The busses will be used
on the spring tour, and also on the
trip to Boston this summer. On
the trip to Boston they will be used
as far as Albany, New York. The
Choir will go by train to New York
City and Boston, returning to Al-bany
and using the busses for the
return journey. Dr. Youngdahl es-timates
that approximately one
thousand miles will be covered on
the spring tour, and four thousand
miles on the summer tour in the
busses.
The purchase also included a
trailer which will not be used by
the Choir.
Two cooks will he employed for
the kitchen work and preparation
of the meals. A very pleasant trip
is contemplated by the Choir. Their
new motto is, "We'll get there or
bus-t!"
Art Student Wins
Prizes For Work
Palmer Eide, Sioux Falls, a stu-dent
in the Art Department, won
first prize on an exhibition of a
bust of Lincoln and second on one
of Lindbergh in the seventh annual
hobby show held at the Sioux Falls
Y. M. C. A. on March 9 and 10.
Mr. Eide was given these honors in
art exhibitions.
Juniors To Fete
Seniors On May 15
Plans are now complete for the
College Junior-Senior Banquet
which will be held on Wednesday,
May 1J. hi, tinuai
an evening's entertainment equal to
that of previous years. Arrange-ments
are under the direction of a
committee, composed of Evelyn
Larson, Minneapolis; Ethel Eliker,
Sioux Falls; Carl Hanson, Lily;
Melvin Nelson, Yankton; and Ar-thur
Myklebust, Jasper, Minnesota.
Pi Kappa Delta
Holds Annual Meet
The North Provincial Division of
the Pi Kappa Delta will hold its
meet at Huron College, Huron, on
April 4, 5, and 6 this year. Every
second year divisional contests are
held instead of the National Pi
Kappa Delta meet. The last Na-tional
meet was held at Tiffin, Ohio,
where a debate team from Augus-tana
College advanced to the semi-finals.
Augustana will not be represented
in full strength at the Provincial
meet this year according to Prof.
Hugo A. Carlson, Director of Speech,
Some of the outstanding debaters
will be engaged in the A Capella
choir tour and the Interstate Ori-torical
contest at that time. Prof.
Carlson proposes to give new de-baters
who are on his squad this
year the benefit of the contest.
Melvin Nelson, Yankton, one of
the debaters who represented the
school at Tiffin, Ohio, last year is
the only former debater that will
represent Augustana at the Pro-vincial
meet. The freshmen who
will participate are Francis Smith,
Sioux Falls, and Nels Berdahl, Sioux
Falls. Mr. Nelson will also repre-sent
us in extemporaneous speech.
The orator who will he sent to this
meet has not been named.
Augustana College will this year
be represented also in the National
Oratorical contest. The place and
time of the divisional contest is not
known yet. The regional contest
is to be held at Los Angeles, Cali-fornia
in June.
"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!"
Those were the good old days for
Jacob Askeland, Augustana's sailor
lad. Jake has sailed the seven seas
and many times has bucked a stout
nor'wester, but "Shiver me tim-bers,"
says Jake, "give me a storm
any time to a sewing bee!"
It all came about in this manner.
The Inaugural Ball was at its
height, and, at this particular time,
diverse contests were under way.
"The button sewing contest is
the next feature," bellowed the
chairman. "Each group choose a
man."
Jake stepped forward, his eyes
alight. "Gor blimey, captain," says
he, he says, "if me weather eye
hasn't failed me I can sew a button
on in no time." So Jake was enter-ed
and all was ready to go. Cheers
burst forth from his group. "What's
the matter with Jake?" "Sew,
Jake, sew—sew, Jake, sew!" etc.,
etc. "Toot," went the chairman's
whistle and they were off.
Edda Day Observed
Thurs. March 28
Many Weary Months of La-bor
Culminate In Beauti-ful
Edda of 1929
Science Club Visits
Sioux Falls Waterworks
A field trip through the City
Water Works and Light Plant of
Sioux Falls, Tuesday evening, March
19, constituted the second regular
meeting of the Science Club of
Augustana. Members of the club
were shown the machinery in the
Light Plant and the method of gen-erating
and intensifying the elec-tricity
was explained in detail. In
the Water Works building, the
chemical processes involved in re-moving
iron and other impurities
from the water and the method of
introducing the proper percentage
of chlorine and iodine into the
water supply was demonstrated.
The meeting was under the direc-tion
of Prof. Peterson, head of the
Chemistry Department.
Dramatic Art Recital
Is Given At Canton
A • Dramatic Art Recital under
the direction of Minerva Nelson
was given on March 14, at Canton,
South Dakota.
The program was as follows:
Piano Solo—"Second Nocturne"
Leschetizky
Clarine Ellefson
Me Tree By Schouts ____Selected
The Three Who Stole
Temple Bailey
Vocal Solo—"Consider the Lillies"
Topliff
Before Brotherhood the Norse and Greek Departments,
Opal Eidsness
A Group of Poems—
(a) The Bravest Battle___Miller
(b) Winning Selected
(c) Home Guest
Mrs. Bjornle Listens To The
Radio Original
Mrs. Bjornle At The Movies__
Oleson Sisters
Piano Dues—"Li Corricala"__Farer
Ione Alness and Agnes Paulson
Vocal Solo—"Angels Ever Bright
and Fair" • Haudd
Hannah Hanson
King Robert of Sicily___Longfellow
(Taken from "Tales of a Wayside
Inn")
With Obligations to the Augustana
Academy.
On the evening of March 9, an
Augustana debate team consisting
of Conrad 'Hoyer, Vermillion; Ar-thur
Larson, Sioux Falls; and Mel-vin
Nelsen, Yankton, clashed with
a team from Buena Vista College,
Storm Lake, Iowa, in the Old Main
Chapel at the college. The August-ana
trio upheld the affirmative and
the Buena Vista the negative. The
Members of the journalism class question of adoption of a substitute
listened to an address by Dr. A. 0. for the jury system was discussed.
Fonkalsrud, pastor of the East Side J. D. Coon, a prominent Sioux Falls
Lutheran Church and superintendent lawyer, served as judge and gave
of the Sioux Valley Hospital Associa- the decision to Augustana.
tion. Dr. Fonkalsrud, who has had An affirmative team from South
wide experience in newspaper ad- Dakota State School of Mines of
vertising, discussed ethical problems Rapid City debated an Augustana
encountered in hospital publicity negative team here on Friday,
work. March 23. It was a non-decision
contest. The members of the af-firmative
team were George Musta-parta
and Arthur Rice. Augustana
was represented by Nils Berdahl
and Francis Smith, both of Sioux
11.1`alls. The debate was on the Pi
Kappa Delta question concerning
the present jury system.
Whether he missed the roll of A Western Union affirmative
the ship or whether college life is team defeated an Augustana nega-te
blame we do not know. But at tive team in a decision debate held
Tuesday, March 11, at Western
any event, Jake couldn't thread Union College, Le Mars, Iowa. The
that needle. Time after time am- Augustana team, which was accom-bilious
jabs were made at the elu- panied by Prof, Hugo Carlson, for-sive
eye, and time after time the ensic coach, was composed of Mel-ambitious
jabs were futile. By vin Nelson, Yankton; Conrad Hoyer,
this Lime our hero was muttering Vermillion; and Arthur Larson,
under his breath, no doubt part of Sioux Falls. The question debated
his sailor's vocabulary. Finally, was the official Pi Kappa Delta
however, the thing was accomplish- question "Resolved that a Substi-ed
and with trembling fingers he tute for Trial By Jury Be Adopted."
rapidly sewed on, firm and fast, the A two-man Augustana debate
necessary two buttons, then showed team defeated a team representing
his handiwork to the critic judges. Southern normal, Springfield, in a
They pronounced it a perfect piece contest held Monday evening in the Tonning Gives Talk of work, but alas and alack, it was Augustana chapel. Augustana was Professor 0. A. Solheirn, head of
too late. represented by a negative team corn-
So now Jake must sink into ob- posed of Nils Berdahl and Francis spoke on the subject "Mannerisms
scurity again. Mayhaps he wants Smith, both of Sioux Falls. Spring- Prof. 0. Tonning, head of the of the Pastor" before the Pre-Sem-to
be back on the billowy foam, field was represented by Ralph and Department of History, was the inary 'Club which met in the Men's
away from all needles, thread, but- Wilbur Berry. Prof. M. M. Brum- speaker at the meeting of the Dormitory, on Tuesday evening,
tons, and blatant crowds. "Ahoy!" Baugh, of Washington high school, Brotherhood of the First Lutheran March 19. This club, which is com-cries
he. "Who wants to be a acted as critic judge. The Spring- Church held Tuesday evening,March posed of young men who intend to
seamstress anyway?" field debaters were represented by 19. His topic was "Scandinavia in prepare for the ministry, meets ev-
—Fred B. Draper their coach, Professor Wright. the First Crusade." cry other Tuesday.
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Party Inaugurates
Student Officers
On the evening of March 18, the
first inaugural party in the history
of the school was held in the gym-nasium
for the purpose of formally
introducing into off!,„0, the newly
elected officers. The first part of
the program was in the nature of
a pageant depicitinte, the life at
Augustana during the past year.
Special lighting effects and cos-tumes
made it an a..• Astic as well
as enjoyable entertainment. Mel-vin
Nelsen, Yankton, acted as
chronicler, and, as the various
scenes were portrayet, read a de-scription
of the events of the year.
About a hundred students took
vart. The events and activities
shown were: The 1928 Edda, the
college quartet, track team, campus
day, graduation, the class fight.
Augustana Day at Lake Madison,
registration, the making of the new
athletic field, Homecoming Day, the
Mirror, the Hallowe'en party, the
Augustana Symphony Orchestra, the
Christmas party, the New Year,
semester examinations, debate, or-atory,
basketball, and the Lutheran
Student's Union Convention at
Augustana Academy, -Canton.
After the pageant, E. Fred Kol-ler,
Sioux Falls, the retiring presi-dent
of the student body, gave his
farewell address. Then he admin-istered
the oath of office to Melvin
Nelsen, Yankton, the new. presi-dent,
and turned the gavel over to
him, Mr, Nelsen gave his inaugural
address following which the new
executive board was admitted into
office.
The college quartette then favor-ed
with several selections. The
members of the quartette are
Wayne Silcox, Sher+urne, Minne-sota;
Prof. Clifford 3. Olson; Ken-neth
Johnson, Brandon; and Rich-ard
Hanson, Freeman.
A family album in which various
unique characters we. e found was
given. Then the ent •e group was
divider! into. friar 1'A.yosent-ing
the four major colleges of our
church, Augustana, Concordia, Lu-ther,
and St. Olaf. Representatives
from these groups competed in var-ious
contests, which were made in-teresting
by the spirited cheering
on the part of the onlookers.
The committees were headed by
the members of the retiring execu-tive
board. Fred Holler, Sioux
Falls, was head of the program
committee. Under him were Wayne
Silcox, Sherburne, Minnesota; Eilef
Saetveit, Friendship, Wisconsin;
Melvin Nelsen, Yankton; and Nina
Hofmeister, Chancellor.
Carl Hanson, Lily, was the head
of the entertainment committee.
The other members were George
Risty, Sioux Falls; Raymond Knut-son,
Inwood, Iowa; Gladys Brende,
Sioux Falls; and Inez Lindland,
Clark.
The refreshment committee was
composed of Beatrice Rasmussen,
Platte, as chairman; Irene Norby,
Wannamingo, Minnesota; Ella Ve-yang,
Roslyn; Harold Johnson, Gar-vin,
Minnesota; and Judine Slet-vold,
Canton.
Debaters Compete
In Three Contests
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THE AUGUSTANA MIRROR Vol.` Sioux Falls, S. D., March 28, 1929.
EDDA OF 1929 DISTRIBUTED AMID IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY * * *
Plans Completed, Choir LeaDes March 31, On Annual Spring Tour
Concerts Given
In Three States
Local Sailor Thrills Crowd In
Swift Button-Sewing Contest
As this issue of the Mirror is
distributed, a new student publica-tion
Is being offered to the stu-uenCs.
r'or the first time in its
history, Augustana College is to
have a student directory. The book
has been published by the journal-ism
class, with G. Herman Gilbert-son,
Sioux Falls, as editor-in-chief.
It is an attractive book and con-tains
a great deal of valuable and
accurate information. The names
of the• students, faculty, and board
of directors are arranged alpha-betically.
Among the special fea-tures
are the addresses and tele-phone
numbers of the above men-tioned
and the officers of all the
organizations on the campus.
It is hoped that the directory will
be issued annually. The growth of
the school during the last few years
has warranted it, and it is thought
that after this first issue, the reali-zation
of its necessity will assure
its permanent publication.
Besides Mr. Gilbertson as editor-in-
chief, the staff includes Sarah
Monserud, Sioux Falls, and Alan
Bliss, Sioux Falls, as supervising
editors. The composing editors
were Muriel McFarland, Harris,
Iowa; Gloria Monserud, Sioux Falls;
and Carol Crossman, Sioux Falls.
The members of the business staff,
who solicited the advertising, were
Herman Gilbertson; Howard Selvig,
Elmore, Minnesota; Fred Draper,
Sioux Falls; Clifford Halverson,
Astoria; and Walter Simmons,
Sioux Falls.
Dr. Fonkalsrud Speaks
To Journalism Class
Journalism Class
Issues Directory
Local Journalists Organize
Chapter Of Iota Chi Sigma
A signal honor has been conferred and Oscar Hanson, Astoria, treas-upon
the journalism department of urer. According to the constitution,
Augustana College with the granting candidates for admittance into the
of a charter authorizing the forma- fraternity become elikolle for initia-tion
of a local chapter of Iota Chi tion by securing a suiicient number
Sigma, national honorary journalis- of points through ,.heir work in
tic fraterniity. Augustana is the journalism, and must be voted in by
first college in South Dakota to be the unanimous vote of acting mem-invited
to join the organization and bers. Honorary keys bearing vari-consequently
the local chapter will ous jewels denoting special positions
be officially known as the South on the Mirror staff may be secured
Dakota Alpha Chapter of Iota Chi by members who have held these
The Edda of 1929 is in your
Sigma. Among the other members positions. hands at last! The festivities of are such colleges at St. Olaf College, today mark the culmination of The Iota Chi Sigma is similar in weary months of labor on the part
Northfield, Minnesota; Gustavus Ad- organization to the Pi Kappa Delta, of the editorial and business staffs olplins, St. Peter, Minnesota; and honorary forensic fraternity. Five of the book and of eager anticipa-
Macalester College, St. Paul, Min- degrees of membership are granted. tion on the part of students, faculty
nesota. Highest honors are given for service members, and friends of the school.
With the drafting of a local con- sa editor-in-chief or business man- In this beautiful book, the Edda of
stitution to supplement that of the ager of a college newspaper. A 1928, which won national acclaim
national organization, and with the limited number of honorary members for its high standard of makeup
election of officers, all arrangements may be admitted each year by the and literary value, has found a
for the local chapter have been corn- local chapter. worthy successor.
pleted. The following have been in- The invitation to join such an or- Has Noble Dedication.
stalled as officers: Fred Koller, ganization as the Iota Chi Sigma The second annual of Augustana
Sioux Falls, president; Sarah Monse- comes as a result of the develop- to boar the name of Edda, this
rud, Sioux Falls, vice-president; ment in journalism at Augustana artistic piece of workmanship, has
Ralph Aanestad, Sherman, secretary; during the last few years. been consecrated in the following
dedication to "the spirit of Christian-ity
which inspired the pioneers of View From Scenic Section of the prairie to sacrifice from their
meagre all, in order that the gen-
1929 Edda Showing "Ad" Building g erations to come might be led into the real life."
Beautifully bound in a cover of
elephant and crocodile grain, it is
a literary achievement containing
over two hundred pages, making it.
the largest annual ever published
at Augustana. The perfection of
every section has been the result
of hours of conscientious effort.
A beautiful section on pebbled pa-per
reproduces for the reader in the
first few pages of the book sig-nificant
scenes about the campus
and the city. The many new fea-tures
marking a distinct innovation
in the .making of a college annual
include the individual athletic pic-tures,
the action pictures in the
athletic and forensic sections, and
the novel cartoons to be found in
the feature section.
Is Sion: Fatils Product
The yearbook is distinctly a Sioux
Falls product. The superior me-chanical
workmanship is to the
credit of Hanson Studio, the South
Dakota Engravers, and the Will A.
Beach Printing Company.
The Program of the Day.
The faculty has responded to the
enthusiasm of the student body by
granting an Edda Day holiday in
order to allow for an extensive pro-gram
celebrating the distribution of
the Eddas. With music by the
band under the direction of Eilef
Saetveit, Friendship, Wisconsin, and
by a quartet composed of Prof.
Clifford Olson; Kenneth Johnson,
Brandon ; Wayne Silcox, Sherburne,
Minnesota; and Richard Hanson,
Freeman; the program includes talks
by such noted speakers as W. I.
Early, president of North Central
Association; Christenson, of the
firm of Christenson and Dempster
Book Store; Ben B. Lawshe, sec-retary
of the Chamber of Com-merce;
E. Sherwood Miller, of the
Associated Retailers; B. C. Dow, of
the Argus-Leader; A. M. Graff,
chairman of the Board of Directors
of Augustana; Rev. Bergsaker, presi-dent
of the South Dakota district
of Norwegian Lutheran Church of
America; C. 0. Schmit, of the
South Dakota Engravers; W. Her-bert
Roberts, of the Will A. Beach
Printing Company; and Rev. H. J.
Glenn, acting president of Augus-tana.
In addition to these talks
are short addresses by the faculty
advisers of the yearbook, Miss Bor-ghild
M. Dahl, head of the English
Department; Prof. G. H. Gilbertson,
Business Manager of Augustana;
and Mrs. Julia Reardon-Fitzgibbon,
head of the Art Department. Clif-ford
Halvorsen, Business Manager
(Continued on page 4)
University Women
Addressed By Glenn
President H. J. Glenn was the
principal speaker at the meeting of
the Sioux Falls branch of the Am-erican
Association of University
Women held on March 9. The pro-gram
was in charge of the Interna-tional
Relations Round Table. Rev.
Glenn's talk centered around the
changing viewpoint of society in
modern philosophy. In doing this,
he contrasted the theory of the sur-vival
of the most efficient as set
forth by Darwin with the modern
philosophy of society presented by
Benjamin Kidd in his book,
"Science of Power." He showed
how the theories of Darwin are
biological and pagan, whereas the
recent ones are more sympathetic
and uphold the ideals of our Chris-tian
civilization as evidenced by the
relationship now existing between
civilized nations.
Solheim Speaks To
Pre-Seminary Club
Program of Unusual Merit
Includes Composition
By Dr. Youngdahl
The A Capella Choir leaves on
its spring tour on Sunday, March
31st. They expect to be gone until
the middle of April. Dr. Youngdahl
estimates that approximately one
thousand miles will be covered on
this tour. Forty nine choir mem-bers
will make this trip. The pro-gram
includes the number "Wake,
Awake" arranged by Carl R. Young-dahl,
director of the Choir, and
dedicated to the Choir. The com-plete
program is as follows:
"Jesus, Priceless Treasure"
J. S. Bach (1685)
Motet for five parts
a. Choral, "Jesus, Priceless Treas-ure."
b. "So There Is Now No Con-demnation."
c. Choral, "In Thine Arm I Rest
Me."
d. "Ye Are Not of the Flesh."
e. Choral, "Hence, All Fears and
Sadness."
Presentation of Christ in the
Temple" J. Eccard (1553)
Motet for six parts.
"Hear Us Lord"—Song Cycle___
A Soderman
• a. "Hear Us, Lord."
b. "He Is Blessed."
c. "Hosanna in the Highest."
Intermission
iQ Negro Spirituals—
a. "Were You There"
H. T. Burleigh
b. "Nobody Knows De Trouble
I've Seen" H. T. Burleigh
c. "Let Us Cheer the Weary
Traveler" R. N. Dett
d. "Steal Away to Jesus"____
H. T. Burleigh
"Wake, Awake"_,Ca.r1 R. Youngdahl
Intermission
:∎1.y
G. B. Nevin
"Go and Let My Grave Be Made"
F. M. Christianson
"Praise to the Lord"
F. M. Christianson
Sixteen towns are to be visited
on this extensive tour, including
places in Iowa, Minnesota, and
South Dakota. The complete tour
is as follows:
Dell Rapids, S. D March 31
Flandreau, S. D. April 1
Jackson, Minn. April 2
Blue Earth, Minn. April 3
Albert Lea, Minn. April 4
Lanesboro, Minn. April 5
Ridgeway, Iowa April 7
Decorah, Iowa April 7
Waukon, Iowa April 8
Osage, Iowa April 9
Northwood, Iowa April 10
Lake Mills, Iowa April 11
Forest City, Iowa April 12
Eagle Grove, Iowa April 13
Fort Dodge, Iowa April 14
Le Mars, Iowa April 15
Choir Buys Busses
To Be Used On Tours
The A Capella Choir of August-ana
College has purchased four
busses in which to make their tours
this spring and summer. These
busses were formerly the property
of Thompson's Band of Madison,
South Dakota.
The busses were planned and
built by Professor Arthur. R.
Thompson with the aid of a few
of his band members. They are
so constructed that they also serve
as sleeping quarters. One bus is
fitted out as a kitchen, with com-plete
equipment. The other three
will be used entirely for transpor-tation
purposes. Each bus will ac-comodate
twenty people and there
will be ample room for forty to
-4- sleep in the busses at night.
The entire plan is very novel and
unique. The busses will be used
on the spring tour, and also on the
trip to Boston this summer. On
the trip to Boston they will be used
as far as Albany, New York. The
Choir will go by train to New York
City and Boston, returning to Al-bany
and using the busses for the
return journey. Dr. Youngdahl es-timates
that approximately one
thousand miles will be covered on
the spring tour, and four thousand
miles on the summer tour in the
busses.
The purchase also included a
trailer which will not be used by
the Choir.
Two cooks will he employed for
the kitchen work and preparation
of the meals. A very pleasant trip
is contemplated by the Choir. Their
new motto is, "We'll get there or
bus-t!"
Art Student Wins
Prizes For Work
Palmer Eide, Sioux Falls, a stu-dent
in the Art Department, won
first prize on an exhibition of a
bust of Lincoln and second on one
of Lindbergh in the seventh annual
hobby show held at the Sioux Falls
Y. M. C. A. on March 9 and 10.
Mr. Eide was given these honors in
art exhibitions.
Juniors To Fete
Seniors On May 15
Plans are now complete for the
College Junior-Senior Banquet
which will be held on Wednesday,
May 1J. hi, tinuai
an evening's entertainment equal to
that of previous years. Arrange-ments
are under the direction of a
committee, composed of Evelyn
Larson, Minneapolis; Ethel Eliker,
Sioux Falls; Carl Hanson, Lily;
Melvin Nelson, Yankton; and Ar-thur
Myklebust, Jasper, Minnesota.
Pi Kappa Delta
Holds Annual Meet
The North Provincial Division of
the Pi Kappa Delta will hold its
meet at Huron College, Huron, on
April 4, 5, and 6 this year. Every
second year divisional contests are
held instead of the National Pi
Kappa Delta meet. The last Na-tional
meet was held at Tiffin, Ohio,
where a debate team from Augus-tana
College advanced to the semi-finals.
Augustana will not be represented
in full strength at the Provincial
meet this year according to Prof.
Hugo A. Carlson, Director of Speech,
Some of the outstanding debaters
will be engaged in the A Capella
choir tour and the Interstate Ori-torical
contest at that time. Prof.
Carlson proposes to give new de-baters
who are on his squad this
year the benefit of the contest.
Melvin Nelson, Yankton, one of
the debaters who represented the
school at Tiffin, Ohio, last year is
the only former debater that will
represent Augustana at the Pro-vincial
meet. The freshmen who
will participate are Francis Smith,
Sioux Falls, and Nels Berdahl, Sioux
Falls. Mr. Nelson will also repre-sent
us in extemporaneous speech.
The orator who will he sent to this
meet has not been named.
Augustana College will this year
be represented also in the National
Oratorical contest. The place and
time of the divisional contest is not
known yet. The regional contest
is to be held at Los Angeles, Cali-fornia
in June.
"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!"
Those were the good old days for
Jacob Askeland, Augustana's sailor
lad. Jake has sailed the seven seas
and many times has bucked a stout
nor'wester, but "Shiver me tim-bers,"
says Jake, "give me a storm
any time to a sewing bee!"
It all came about in this manner.
The Inaugural Ball was at its
height, and, at this particular time,
diverse contests were under way.
"The button sewing contest is
the next feature," bellowed the
chairman. "Each group choose a
man."
Jake stepped forward, his eyes
alight. "Gor blimey, captain," says
he, he says, "if me weather eye
hasn't failed me I can sew a button
on in no time." So Jake was enter-ed
and all was ready to go. Cheers
burst forth from his group. "What's
the matter with Jake?" "Sew,
Jake, sew—sew, Jake, sew!" etc.,
etc. "Toot," went the chairman's
whistle and they were off.
Edda Day Observed
Thurs. March 28
Many Weary Months of La-bor
Culminate In Beauti-ful
Edda of 1929
Science Club Visits
Sioux Falls Waterworks
A field trip through the City
Water Works and Light Plant of
Sioux Falls, Tuesday evening, March
19, constituted the second regular
meeting of the Science Club of
Augustana. Members of the club
were shown the machinery in the
Light Plant and the method of gen-erating
and intensifying the elec-tricity
was explained in detail. In
the Water Works building, the
chemical processes involved in re-moving
iron and other impurities
from the water and the method of
introducing the proper percentage
of chlorine and iodine into the
water supply was demonstrated.
The meeting was under the direc-tion
of Prof. Peterson, head of the
Chemistry Department.
Dramatic Art Recital
Is Given At Canton
A • Dramatic Art Recital under
the direction of Minerva Nelson
was given on March 14, at Canton,
South Dakota.
The program was as follows:
Piano Solo—"Second Nocturne"
Leschetizky
Clarine Ellefson
Me Tree By Schouts ____Selected
The Three Who Stole
Temple Bailey
Vocal Solo—"Consider the Lillies"
Topliff
Before Brotherhood the Norse and Greek Departments,
Opal Eidsness
A Group of Poems—
(a) The Bravest Battle___Miller
(b) Winning Selected
(c) Home Guest
Mrs. Bjornle Listens To The
Radio Original
Mrs. Bjornle At The Movies__
Oleson Sisters
Piano Dues—"Li Corricala"__Farer
Ione Alness and Agnes Paulson
Vocal Solo—"Angels Ever Bright
and Fair" • Haudd
Hannah Hanson
King Robert of Sicily___Longfellow
(Taken from "Tales of a Wayside
Inn")
With Obligations to the Augustana
Academy.
On the evening of March 9, an
Augustana debate team consisting
of Conrad 'Hoyer, Vermillion; Ar-thur
Larson, Sioux Falls; and Mel-vin
Nelsen, Yankton, clashed with
a team from Buena Vista College,
Storm Lake, Iowa, in the Old Main
Chapel at the college. The August-ana
trio upheld the affirmative and
the Buena Vista the negative. The
Members of the journalism class question of adoption of a substitute
listened to an address by Dr. A. 0. for the jury system was discussed.
Fonkalsrud, pastor of the East Side J. D. Coon, a prominent Sioux Falls
Lutheran Church and superintendent lawyer, served as judge and gave
of the Sioux Valley Hospital Associa- the decision to Augustana.
tion. Dr. Fonkalsrud, who has had An affirmative team from South
wide experience in newspaper ad- Dakota State School of Mines of
vertising, discussed ethical problems Rapid City debated an Augustana
encountered in hospital publicity negative team here on Friday,
work. March 23. It was a non-decision
contest. The members of the af-firmative
team were George Musta-parta
and Arthur Rice. Augustana
was represented by Nils Berdahl
and Francis Smith, both of Sioux
11.1`alls. The debate was on the Pi
Kappa Delta question concerning
the present jury system.
Whether he missed the roll of A Western Union affirmative
the ship or whether college life is team defeated an Augustana nega-te
blame we do not know. But at tive team in a decision debate held
Tuesday, March 11, at Western
any event, Jake couldn't thread Union College, Le Mars, Iowa. The
that needle. Time after time am- Augustana team, which was accom-bilious
jabs were made at the elu- panied by Prof, Hugo Carlson, for-sive
eye, and time after time the ensic coach, was composed of Mel-ambitious
jabs were futile. By vin Nelson, Yankton; Conrad Hoyer,
this Lime our hero was muttering Vermillion; and Arthur Larson,
under his breath, no doubt part of Sioux Falls. The question debated
his sailor's vocabulary. Finally, was the official Pi Kappa Delta
however, the thing was accomplish- question "Resolved that a Substi-ed
and with trembling fingers he tute for Trial By Jury Be Adopted."
rapidly sewed on, firm and fast, the A two-man Augustana debate
necessary two buttons, then showed team defeated a team representing
his handiwork to the critic judges. Southern normal, Springfield, in a
They pronounced it a perfect piece contest held Monday evening in the Tonning Gives Talk of work, but alas and alack, it was Augustana chapel. Augustana was Professor 0. A. Solheirn, head of
too late. represented by a negative team corn-
So now Jake must sink into ob- posed of Nils Berdahl and Francis spoke on the subject "Mannerisms
scurity again. Mayhaps he wants Smith, both of Sioux Falls. Spring- Prof. 0. Tonning, head of the of the Pastor" before the Pre-Sem-to
be back on the billowy foam, field was represented by Ralph and Department of History, was the inary 'Club which met in the Men's
away from all needles, thread, but- Wilbur Berry. Prof. M. M. Brum- speaker at the meeting of the Dormitory, on Tuesday evening,
tons, and blatant crowds. "Ahoy!" Baugh, of Washington high school, Brotherhood of the First Lutheran March 19. This club, which is com-cries
he. "Who wants to be a acted as critic judge. The Spring- Church held Tuesday evening,March posed of young men who intend to
seamstress anyway?" field debaters were represented by 19. His topic was "Scandinavia in prepare for the ministry, meets ev-
—Fred B. Draper their coach, Professor Wright. the First Crusade." cry other Tuesday.
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